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G. L. DONOVAN. Drawer-P1111.

Nb. 225,576. Patented Mar. 16, 1880.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE L. DONOVAN, OF WEST MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO C. ROGERS & BRO., OF SAME PLACE.

DRAWER-PU LL.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 225,576, dated March 16, 1880.

Application filed January 23, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEO. L. DONOVAN, of West Meriden, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Drawer-Pulls; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawing constitutes part of this specification, and represents alongitudinal section.

This invention relates to an improvement in that class of drawer-pulls in which the pull is hinged to a socket so as to drop down into a vertical position in-front of the drawer when not in use.

The knob or body of the pull is usually made of wood, secured by one end to a fork, which is pivoted to the socket by drilling through each branch of the fork and the socket, introducing the pivot, and riveting it down upon the outside of the fork, and is also provided with a metal tip at the other end, which is usually screwed into the wood.

The object of this invention is to simplify the construction; and it consists in the construction hereinafter described, and particularly recited in the claims.

A is the socket, provided with a screw, B, for securingit to the drawer front in the usual or any convenient manner. C C are the two branches of the fork formed on a spindle, D, the said spindle being provided with-a screwthread, E, and of sufficient length to extend through the knob F and form a tip, G, on the outer or lower end of the knob. The fork, spindle, screw-thread, and tip are all formed in one single piece of casting.

To hinge the fork to the socket apivot, a, is cut from wire of a length little less than the extreme width of the fork from outside to out side. In molding for the fork and spindle the mold is made to correspond to the shape of the socket and spindle complete. Then the 5 socket, which has been previously cast, is introduced into the socket-impression. in the sand, the pivot 0, having been first passed through the socket and .so as to project at each side. Then the 'metal is poured in to form the fork, spindle, screw, and tip. The metal in forming the branches of the fork flows around the ends of the pivot c and so as to secure the pivot in place and the fork to the socket, the pivot being sufficiently free in the socket to permit the fork to swing freely. It is then taken from the sand and treated in the usual manner for this class of castings, and then the knob F, having been first'bored, is placed on the spindle D and turned to place on the screw E, the tip G protruding through the lower end as the finish for that end.

If preferred, the socket may be cast at the same time with the spindle by simply placing the pivot in its position in the sand and then. pouring the metal for both parts.

By this construction the drilling of the fork and riveting of the pivot are avoided, and also the making and handling of the independent tip, and consequently considerable expense is saved in the manufacture of the article.

I olaim 1. In a drawer-pull, the two branches C C of the fork, the spindle D, screw E, and tip G, cast in one and the same piece, and the pivot a, introduced into the fork in the process of casting, substantially as described.

2. In a drawer-pull, the metal spindle by which the knob is attached to the socket, constructed to extend through the knob to form the tip Gon the end of the knob, and with the screwE as a part of the spindle, substantially as described.

GEO. L. DONOVAN.

Witnesses HENRY E. J OHNS, GEORGE STEvENs. 

